Governor's Message and Annual Reports of the Public Officers of the State, and of the Boards of Directors, Visitors, Superintendents, and Other Agents of Public Institutions Or Interests of Virginia, Part 1 |
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... completion in the aid they will give in developing the mineral and agricultural resources and the manufacturing and ... completed as speedily as possible , and that no new projects requiring extensive aid from the state should be ...
... completion in the aid they will give in developing the mineral and agricultural resources and the manufacturing and ... completed as speedily as possible , and that no new projects requiring extensive aid from the state should be ...
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... completion of the canal to or near Clifton Forge , as before indicated , as its present terminus . It is not improbable , that with proper energy the canal can be completed to this point within two years , when we shall have a water ...
... completion of the canal to or near Clifton Forge , as before indicated , as its present terminus . It is not improbable , that with proper energy the canal can be completed to this point within two years , when we shall have a water ...
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... completion of this di- vision of the work . There is little doubt that the Alexandria and Orange railroad and the Blue Ridge tunnel may be completed , and the Central railroad and the canal be carried to Clifton Forge by the time the ...
... completion of this di- vision of the work . There is little doubt that the Alexandria and Orange railroad and the Blue Ridge tunnel may be completed , and the Central railroad and the canal be carried to Clifton Forge by the time the ...
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... completed . The Southside railroad should likewise be completed with as little delay as practicable . It forms a most important link in connecting the main stem of the Virginia and Tennessee road with the tidewater country , and without ...
... completed . The Southside railroad should likewise be completed with as little delay as practicable . It forms a most important link in connecting the main stem of the Virginia and Tennessee road with the tidewater country , and without ...
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... completion of this road ; but it is of the first considera- tion , not only to the state at large , but to the citizens of the Northwest , that so far as governmental or proprietory control is concerned , it should emanate from Virginia ...
... completion of this road ; but it is of the first considera- tion , not only to the state at large , but to the citizens of the Northwest , that so far as governmental or proprietory control is concerned , it should emanate from Virginia ...
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